2003 Central Locking

[D16LJM]

Hello i have a 2003 galaxy ghia which the central locking has been playing up on, it works with the key fine but not the remote, i have changed the battery and programmesd the key as the manual says and still no good.

I have searched this forum and seen about water under the seat but mine is dry and it only looks like the parking sensors under there, I have no idea where the central locking unit is on the car or if it could be the key, any advise would be appreciated.

 

Many Thanks Pete

[gregers]

battery or batteries?sure theres 2 in the remote.

[D16LJM]

battery or batteries?sure theres 2 in the remote.

 

when it started playing up i changed both batteries in the key and still doing the same, it will open on the remote but you end up standing there 5 mins pressing the button before it does.

 

pete

Edited February 18, 2010 by D16LJM

[Mirez]

Dry joint on the key's PCB, I had the same when I got mine - sometimes it would be fine but most times would take lots of pressing. If you are lucky (and handy with a soldering iron) then you can take the key apart and heat up the joints for the switch - else you need to replace the remote section of the key.

 

Make sure you match the part number and frequency when you buy the replacement, you'll find both on the side of the remote section - when taking it all apart look out for the PAT's chip else its easily lost resulting in an expensive trip to Ford.

 

You can use the existing key blade and PAT's chip and you can programme the remote yourself so it shouldn't cost more then

[D16LJM]

Dry joint on the key's PCB, I had the same when I got mine - sometimes it would be fine but most times would take lots of pressing. If you are lucky (and handy with a soldering iron) then you can take the key apart and heat up the joints for the switch - else you need to replace the remote section of the key.

 

Make sure you match the part number and frequency when you buy the replacement, you'll find both on the side of the remote section - when taking it all apart look out for the PAT's chip else its easily lost resulting in an expensive trip to Ford.

 

You can use the existing key blade and PAT's chip and you can programme the remote yourself so it shouldn't cost more then

[gregers]

yep as mirez says,there is a post iirc by seat kid yonks back explaining about the dry joint syndrome that they can suffer from.

 

i had this on a renault remote.